Queen’s Baton arrives in India

BY : News Gateway / Queen’s Batonl / New Delhi /

The Queen’s Baton Relay has arrived in New Delhi for its India leg as it tours the globe ahead of next year’s Commonwealth Games in Australia. The Baton was received by IOA Joint Secretary Rakesh Gupta.

From Delhi, the Queen’s Baton will be taking to Pantnagar and from there on it will be taken to Haldwani and Nainital.

Thereafter, the baton relay will continue to Rishikesh, Haridwar and finally to Dehradun.

The Baton will finally land on Australian soil in December. It will then spend 100 days travelling through Australia, finishing its journey in Gold Coast at the opening ceremony on April 4.

The baton relay is similar to the Olympic Torch Relay and it has already been carried to 51 countries before India following which it will be taken to Bangladesh and eventually reaching the host country, Australia, on December 24.